Cooking or heating utensil.



4 M. STRANSKY. COOKING 0R HEATING UTBNSIL.

APPLIOA'HON Hum SEPT. 29, 1909.

'Patented Nov.29, 1910.

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MAUBECE STRANSKY, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

CODK'G OR 'HEATING' UTENSL.

To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that l, Mannion S' {.iNsiiY, of the borough of Manhattan, city and State of Xew York, have invented a certain new and usefulflmprovement in Cooking or Heating Utensils, of which the following is a specification.

rl'his invention relates to the construction of base pieces or supporting appliances in which food containers duringy thev application of heat` thereto are designed to be set for the purpose of preventing the overheating and storchinsa)- of their contents and the impairment of the bottomsA of such vessels.

The present base consists of a tubular section which comprises an outer tubular portion and an inner similar portion connecting at the upper edre ofthe hase by an integral part. preferably rounding. From said inner portion there extends inwardly a shoulder `rhich in conjunction with said portion provides support for the container such that the bottom of the latter isadapted to beheld somewhat above'a stove top and in close proximity to a highly heated inclosed space.

ln the drawing` accompanying the present speciiication Figure l is an elevation of an assembled food container and a base enihod'ving` in v present invention. Fig. 2 is a section' upon a somewhat enlarged scale of thellower portion of the container and the base. Figa'l is a sectional detail illustrating a modification Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all ligar-es.

The container or pot for the food to be cooked or heated may be of any desired shape and material, the base used in conjunction with it being shaped and dimensioned to correspond. This: container is designated generally herein by 2, and the handles and cover thereof by 2. 2l respec- I sharp lnind-injurinu edge and to facilitate the entrance of the container. n this latter connection, portion 4l may be somewhat Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led September 29, 1909.

Patented Nov. 29, 1910.

serial No. 520,102.

larger in diameter adjacent to part 5 than at the opposite end. At this said'opposite end tubular portion 4 is provided with a shoulder which projects under the container and limits the inward or seating movement of the latter. This shoulder may obviously be of different forms. For instance, as indicated in Fig. 2, the shoulder is formed by a laterally projecting bottom plate 6; in Fig. 3 the shoulder is formed by a laterally extending flange 6. There is also indicated in this lat'- ter ligure, a plate 7 which rests upon this flange while a pad 8 of asbestos or like refractory material may be placed in direct contact with the container bottom for the usual purpose. Ventilating holes 9 may be provided as shown.

As thus constructed and when in use, the container bottom and parts adjacent thereto (by reason of the annular space existingbetween portions 8 and 4) are subjected to the heat of a highly heated incloscd air space. The material used for the base may obviously be of anything appropriate to the purpose, but When struck up from sheet metal the described form of t-he base is such as to lend itself to economy of manufacture since the base portions and parts, including the aforesaid shoulder are all formed from one integral piece. The upper edge of the base also, beingconvex is not liable to injure the hand of the user While it facilitates the placing of the container as already referred to.

Having described my invention, I claim:

A one-piece sheetI metal base for a food container comprising' an outer tubular portion, an inner tubular portion adapted to receive the container, and a bottom plate for supportingA and precludingr the application of too high a degree of heat to the bottom of the container, said inner-tubular portion locing of less diameter than and integrally connected to said outer tubular portion by a rounding' part whereby an annular heating space is formed and said bottom plate being integral with andextending laterally from said inner tubular portion over the entire cross sectional area thereof.

In witness whereof I have signed this specilication in the presence of two subscribin;r witnesses.

VIAURICE STRANSKY. lVitnesses:

VM. Il.A lVinL, Use-m LEHMANN. 

